gallery

See also: Gallery

English

A gallery

Etymology

From Middle English galery, gallerye, from Middle French galerie, gallerie, from Old French galerie, gallerie (“a long portico, a gallery”), from Medieval Latin galeria (“gallery”), perhaps an alteration of galilea (“church porch”), probably from Latin Galilaea, Galilee, region of Palestine. More at Galilee.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡæləɹi/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Hyphenation: gal‧le‧ry

Noun

gallery (plural galleries)

An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art.
An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art.
The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium.
(by extension, metonymically) The spectators of an event, collectively.
- 2011 November 12, “International friendly: England 1-0 Spain”, in BBC Sport‎:
  Capello was missing his son's wedding in Milan to take charge – yet his reshaped England team gave him cause for a double celebration as they overturned the odds in front of a delighted Wembley gallery.
(law) The, often elevated and in the rear, part of a courtroom where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial.
- 1969, Paul McCartney (lyrics and music), “Maxwell's Silver Hammer”, in Abbey Road, performed by The Beatles:
  Rose and Valerie, screaming from the gallery
  Say he must go free
A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side
(computing) A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc.
a gallery of image thumbnails
a clip-art gallery in a wordprocessor
(fortification) A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry.
(mining) A level or drive in a mine.
(automotive) A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings.
- 2012, Colin Campbell, The Sports Car: Its design and performance (page 92)
  At about 2500 r.p.m., as much oil is by-passed through the cooler as the amount delivered to the main gallery and at higher engine speeds the flow through the cooler is appreciably greater.
- 2014, Tim Gilles, Automotive Engines (page 164)
  Metal grit from a previous engine failure was lodged in the oil galleries and had come loose upon driving the vehicle.
(television) The production control room.
An part of a monocle, a projection off the ring holding the lens, which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket.
Short for gallery forest.

Derived terms

art gallery
gallery forest
gallery-goer
gallery hit
gallery organ
gallery shot
minstrel gallery
minstrels' gallery
mobile gallery
nigger gallery
peanut gallery
play to the gallery
press gallery
rogues' gallery
shooting gallery
whispering gallery

Related terms

gallerist

Translations

institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art

Albanian: galeri (sq) f
Arabic: مَعْرِض‎ m (maʿriḍ), صَالَةُ عَرْض‎ f (ṣālatu ʿarḍ)
Gulf Arabic: مَعْرَض‎ m
Armenian: պատկերասրահ (hy) (patkerasrah)
Azerbaijani: qalereya
Belarusian: галерэ́я f (haljeréja)
Bulgarian: гале́рия (bg) f (galérija)
Catalan: galeria (ca) f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 藝廊, 艺廊 (ngai⁶ long⁴)
Mandarin: 藝廊／艺廊 (yìláng), 畫廊／画廊 (zh) (huàláng)
Czech: galerie (cs) f
Danish: galleri n
Dutch: galerij (nl) f
Esperanto: galerio
Estonian: galerii (et)
Finnish: galleria (fi)
French: galerie (fr) f
Galician: galería f
Georgian: გალერეა (galerea)
German: Galerie (de) f
Greek: γκαλερί (el) f (gkalerí)
Ancient: πινακοθήκη f (pinakothḗkē)
Hebrew: גָּלֶרְיָה‎ (he) f (galeria)
Hindi: गैलरी (hi) f (gailrī)
Hungarian: képtár (hu), galéria (hu)
Icelandic: gallerí (is) f
Irish: dánlann f, gailearaí m
Italian: galleria (it) f
Japanese: 画廊 (ja) (がろう, garō), ギャラリー (ja) (gyararī)
Kannada: ಚಿತ್ರಕಲ (citrakala)
Kazakh: галерея (galereä)
Khmer: វិចិត្រសាល (vicetraʼsaal), វិចត្រសាល (vicetraʼsaal)
Korean: 갤러리 (gaelleori), 화랑(畫廊) (hwarang)
Kyrgyz: галерея (ky) (galereya)
Latin: pinacotheca f
Latvian: galerija f
Lithuanian: galerija f
Macedonian: галерија f (galerija)
Malayalam: ചിത്രശാല (ml) (citraśāla)
Maori: whare toi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: galleri (no) n
Nynorsk: galleri n
Persian: نمایشگاه‎ (fa) (namâyešgâh), گالری‎ (fa) (gâleri)
Polish: galeria (pl) f
Portuguese: galeria (pt) f
Romanian: galerie (ro) f
Russian: галере́я (ru) f (galeréja)
Sanskrit: वीथिका (sa) f (vīthikā)
Scottish Gaelic: gailearaidh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: галѐрија f
Roman: galèrija (sh) f
Slovak: galéria f
Slovene: galerija (sl) f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: galerija f
Upper Sorbian: galerija f
Spanish: galería (es) f
Swedish: galleri (sv) n
Tajik: галерея (galereya)
Tamil: காட்சியகம் (ta) (kāṭciyakam)
Thai: หอศิลป์ (hɔ̌ɔ-sǐn)
Turkish: galeri (tr)
Turkmen: galereýa
Ukrainian: галере́я f (haleréja)
Uzbek: galereya (uz)
Welsh: oriel f, orielau f pl

establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art

Armenian: պատկերասրահ (hy) (patkerasrah)
Bulgarian: гале́рия (bg) f (galérija)
Catalan: galeria (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 畫店／画店 (huàdiàn), 展銷畫廊／展销画廊 (zhǎnxiāo huàláng)
Czech: galerie (cs) f
Estonian: galerii (et)
Finnish: galleria (fi)
French: galerie (fr) f
Galician: galería f
Georgian: გალერეა (galerea)
German: Galerie (de) f
Hindi: गैलरी (hi) f (gailrī)
Hungarian: galéria (hu)
Irish: dánlann f, gailearaí m
Italian: galleria (it) f
Korean: 갤러리 (gaelleori)
Macedonian: галерија f (galerija)
Maori: whare toi
Norwegian:
Bokmål: galleri (no) n
Nynorsk: galleri n
Persian: نمایشگاه‎ (fa) (namâyešgâh)
Portuguese: galeria (pt) f
Russian: галере́я (ru) f (galeréja)
Scottish Gaelic: gailearaidh m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: galerija f
Spanish: galería (es) f
Swedish: galleri (sv) n
Thai: หอศิลป์ (hɔ̌ɔ-sǐn)
Turkish: galeri (tr)
Ukrainian: галере́я f (haleréja)

area of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium

Bulgarian: гале́рия (bg) f (galérija)
Catalan: galeria (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 樓座層／楼座层 (lóuzuòcéng), 懸臂樓座／悬臂楼座 (xuánbì lóuzuò)
Czech: galerie (cs) f
Finnish: lehteri (fi), parvi (fi)
French: balcon (fr) m
Georgian: გალერეა (galerea), ქანდარა (kandara)
German: Galerie (de) f
Hebrew: יָצִיעַ‎ (he) m (yatsía')
Hindi: गैलरी (hi) f (gailrī)
Hungarian: karzat (hu)
Italian: palchetto (it) m, balconata (it) f, galleria (it) f, loggia (it) f
Japanese: 桟敷 (さじき, sajiki)
Macedonian: галерија f (galerija)
Maori: huarewa
Norwegian:
Bokmål: galleri (no) n
Nynorsk: galleri n
Portuguese: galeria (pt) f, tribuna (pt) f
Russian: галере́я (ru) f (galeréja)
Swedish: läktare (sv) c, balkong (sv) c
Turkish: galeri (tr)
Ukrainian: галере́я f (haleréja)
Welsh: oriel f, orielau f pl
Westrobothnian: lekt m or f

roofed promenade along the wall of a building

Bulgarian: гале́рия (bg) f (galérija)
Catalan: galeria (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 廊廡／廊庑 (zh) (lángwǔ), 廡／庑 (zh) (wǔ)
Dutch: galerij (nl) f
Finnish: galleria (fi)
French: galerie (fr) f
Galician: galería f
Georgian: გალერეა (galerea)
German: Galerie (de) f
Italian: galleria (it) f, portico (it) m, porticato (it)
Khmer: ថែវ (km) (thaew)
Portuguese: galeria (pt) f
Russian: галере́я (ru) f (galeréja)
Spanish: galería (es) f
Turkish: galeri (tr)

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Translations to be checked

Arabic: ^{(please verify)} فَرَاغ لِلْعَرْض‎ (farāḡ li-l-ʿarḍ), ^{(please verify)} قَاعَة عَرْض‎ (qāʿa(t) ʿarḍ)

Verb

gallery (third-person singular simple present galleries, present participle gallerying, simple past and past participle galleried)

(Trinidad and Tobago) To show off.

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “gallery”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Anagrams

allergy, largely, regally

[1] Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “gallery”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.